Five policemen killed in Afghan blast
September 2nd, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 2 (IANS) Five policemen with the Afghan Border Police were killed and six others injured in a blast in Afghanistan Sunday, Xinhua reported.The policemen were on regular ... Read more...
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Taliban commander arrested in Afghanistan
September 1st, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kunduz (Afghanistan), Sep 1 (IANS) A key Taliban commander has been arrested in Kunduz province, provincial police chief Samiullah Qatra said Saturday."Security forces during a special operation arrested Taliban ... Read more...
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Purple Haze triumph in Mumbai district football
August 7th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Purple Haze SC did well to pull off a narrow 2-1 win against Sterkem Pharma in a Third Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association ... Read more...
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Chandy launches project in Smart City Kochi
June 9th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, June 9 (IANS) Kerala Saturday stepped up efforts to make itself prominent on the IT map of India and the world with Chief Minister Oomen Chandy launching a project ... Read more...
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Over 40 Taliban surrender in Afghanistan
April 26th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 26 (IANS) Two groups of Taliban - comprising 33 and 10 rebels - Thursday gave up arms and joined the peace process in Afghanistan, officials said.The first ... Read more...
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Shehla Masood case: Woman interior designer, contract killer held (Second Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bhopal, Feb 28 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in the Shehla Masood murder case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a woman interior designer for alleged ... Read more...
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Taliban leader, five others killed in Afghanistan (Lead)
February 27th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) In a massive manhunt launched across Afghanistan, a key Taliban leader named Mullah Musazai responsible for killing five Polish soldiers last year was shot ... Read more...
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27 Taliban militants surrender in Afghanistan
January 22nd, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 22 (IANS) Twenty-seven Taliban militants surrendered before government authorities in Afghanistan Sunday, Xinhua reported.According to a top provincial official, a seven-member group of Taliban militants surrendered in ... Read more...
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Two policemen among 12 killed in Afghan clash
January 19th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 19 (IANS) Two policemen and 12 Taliban militants, among them a rebel commander, were killed Thursday in a fierce gunfight at a check post in southern Afghanistan.The ... Read more...
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20 Taliban fighters lay down arms
January 16th, 2012 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 16 (IANS) Twenty Taliban fighters, among them a key rebel commander, Monday laid down arms in eastern Afghanistan to join a government peace process.The militants, led by ... Read more...
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14 Taliban militants surrender in Afghanistan
January 10th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 10 (IANS) A group of 14 Taliban militants surrendered to the government in Afghanistan's Herat province Tuesday.A 14-member group of Taliban fighters, including their commander Mullah Basir ... Read more...
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Seven Taliban killed in Afghanistan
January 9th, 2012 - 7:07 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 9 (IANS) Seven suspected Taliban militants have been killed in a special operation in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said.A unit of the Afghan National Directorate of Security ... Read more...
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50 kids found chained in Pakistan seminary dungeon
December 13th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 13 (IANS) More than 50 children were found chained inside an underground dungeon at a seminary in Pakistan's Karachi city, a media report said Tuesday.Police rescued the ... Read more...
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Top Taliban leader arrested in Afghanistan
November 21st, 2011 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Nov 21 (IANS) The Taliban's self-styled "financial in-charge" has been arrested in a major anti-terrorism operation in Afghanistan, officials said.Afghan forces launched a clean-up operation Sunday against the ... Read more...
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Key Taliban commander held in Afghanistan
November 13th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Nov 13 (IANS) Afghan security forces captured three Taliban militants, including a key commander, during an operation Sunday in Herat province, an official said."Taliban commander Mullah Zahir, along ... Read more...
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Afghan forces kill three Taliban
October 2nd, 2011 - 4:36 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 2 (IANS) At least three Taliban insurgents, including a group commander, were killed by Afghan police Saturday during a raid, Xinhua reported.The killings occurred when police raided ... Read more...
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ETV reporter’s murder case solved
August 10th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Cracking the murder case of an ETV reporter, Delhi Police said Wednesday they have arrested six people for robbing and murdering the journalist last week.The ... Read more...
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35 Pakistani Taliban killed in Afghanistan
July 26th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 26 (IANS) At least 35 Pakistani Taliban have been killed and many more wounded by the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, BBC reported.The militants crossed over into the ... Read more...
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First phase of Smart City Kochi project to be commissioned soon
June 23rd, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 23 (IANS) The first phase of the proposed mega IT project, Smart City Kochi, would be commissioned before Oct 31, 2012, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Thursday.The ... Read more...
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Left lost polls on Singur land, says CPI-M leader
May 26th, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) West Bengal legislator and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah Wednesday said that the Left Front would not have lost the assembly ... Read more...
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Killing of Bin Laden certifies that Pak is a terrorist sanctuary: Expert
May 3rd, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): The killing of Osama bin Laden once again shows that the real terrorist sanctuaries are located not along Pakistan's borders with Afghanistan and India, but in the ... Read more...
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Taliban stirring violence in Afghanistan: Senior police officials
April 10th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Apr 10 (ANI): Senior Afghan police officials believe that former or current Taliban members backed by sympathizers and hard-line mullahs had stirred the violence at the United Nations compound in ... Read more...
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‘Karzai widened divide between US, Afghanistan by condemning Koran burning issue’
April 6th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Apr 6 (ANI): Afghan President Hamid Karazi's act of condemning US Reverend Terry Jones over his role in the little known Koran burning incident led to the widespread violence in the ... Read more...
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Pak barrier over US, Afghanistan and Taliban peace negotiations to end Afghan war
March 17th, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Mar 17(ANI): The United States, the Afghan government and Taliban leaders have reportedly begun to take a hard look at what it would take to start negotiations to end the ... Read more...
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11 militants killed in Afghanistan
March 6th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, March 6 (IANS) Eleven Taliban militants were killed by NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, an official said.The militants were killed after coalition forces' warplanes pounded their hideout in ... Read more...
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“Pakistanis committing the mother of all blasphemies by keeping silent”
March 4th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 4(ANI): Most Pakistanis are committing the blasphemy of keeping silent as the country's mullahs and muftis have managed in a very short span of time "to blur the line between ... Read more...
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Jamia’s minority status won’t make it a madrassa: Vice chancellor (Interview)
February 25th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhulika Sonkar
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Minority status for Jamia Millia Islamia will not change the secular nature of the 90-year-old university, says Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung."This is not going to ... Read more...
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Kochi infotech project off the blocks
February 23rd, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Feb 23 (IANS) Within a month of the Kerala government and Smart City Dubai resolving their differences over Smart City Kochi, the much-delayed Rs.1,500 crore infotech project took another step forward ... Read more...
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Afghanistan stoning victim’s father had sold her into marriage with relative
February 5th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Feb 5(ANI): A young woman who was stoned to death in Afghanistan last August had reportedly run away from home because her father had sold her into marriage with a wealthy ... Read more...
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Afghan Taliban commanders willing for peace talks if given safety guarantees
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 2(ANI): Taliban commanders in Afghanistan have said that they are willing to explore peace talks with the Hamid Karzai-led government, if they can have more solid guarantees about their ... Read more...
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Multiple crisis have come together in Pakistan: Author
January 30th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) One of Pakistan's top writers Ahmed Rashid, the author of "Taliban" and the "Descent Into Chaos", says his country is witnessing multiple crisis and the situation ... Read more...
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Eight Taliban killed in Afghanistan
January 26th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 26 (IANS) Afghan security forces raided a Taliban hideout Wednesday in Takhar province, killing eight militants including a top commander, police said.Troops stormed the hideout in Khawjaghar district, 245 ... Read more...
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Bollywood’s Most Over Estimated Stars: Huge Amounts Shelled Out
January 18th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Bollywood is an industry that is well known to spoil their top notch stars up to a hilt and giving them enormous amounts of mullah, irrespective of the fact whether ... Read more...
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Three police officials injured in bomb blast in Pak’s Lower Dir area
January 2nd, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
Lower Dir, Jan 2 (ANI): Three police officials were injured in an explosion, when militants attacked a police mobile in Lower Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.According to security forces, militants ... Read more...
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Taliban’s top-ranking leader killed in Afghanistan
January 1st, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) A top-ranking Taliban leader, who was trained in Pakistan and involved in making improvised explosive devices, suicide vests and anti-aircraft weapons, has been killed by the NATO ... Read more...
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